Motzei Shabbos Lech Lecha October 31 News Updates Lakewood

 Reminder move clocks back tonihhy

- 69 new covid cases in Lakewood yesterday 16 reported on Friday. Totals 6084/210

-Over 3.25 million New Jerseyans have cast their ballots. mail in ballots can be post marked or brought to polling stations that will be open on Tuesday. 10 locations to open in Lakewood for provisional ballot.

- Shloshim event Hespedim for Harav Shimon Mandel ZT"L tonight 9:30 pm at Bais Shaindel 635 Route 9 Lakewood. Divrei Hesped by Harav Yehuda Levenberg shlita and Harav Yissocher Herzka sblita

 -Murphy: second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is now gripping NJ “all options are on the table” to fight the growing spread — “even draconian ones" like another round of statewide stay-at-home orders and business closings. He specifically warned that indoor dining could be shut down “if we were to take a step back.”

-Kiddush Levana can be said untill 9:00 pm tonight according to the chasam Sofer  who paskens like the Mechaber.(According to the rema the last night was shabbos some hold you van say without shem hashem)

-Just one of New Jersey’s 21 counties saw fewer new coronavirus cases this week than last. Ocean County, which experienced a significant outbreak within the past month, saw its number of new cases drop 39% from last week, down to 6.8 new cases per 10,000 residents from 11.1 the week prior.

- Holloween observed tonight.

-Travelers to NY Must Test for Virus, Nearby States Exempted

New York is now requiring travelers from non-neighboring states to test for COVID-19 before and after arrival in the state.

The state is scrapping its list that required residents of most states to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in New York.

Instead, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday travelers from all non-neighboring states must test negative twice for COVID-19 before they may stop quarantining.

First, they must test negative for COVID-19 within three days before arriving in New York.

Once in New York, they will have to quarantine for three days and then, take a second test. If that’s negative, they can stop quarantining.

Travelers who decide not to get tested will be required to quarantine for 14 days, the governor said.

Meanwhile, New Yorkers who are out-of-state for less than 24 hours only need to take a coronavirus test within four days of returning to the state.

Cuomo said enforcement would be up to New York airports and county health departments, but didn’t lay out exactly how they would do so.

The rules don’t apply to neighboring states. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey are also seeing an uptick in cases along with New York. Cuomo said 2,049 people newly tested positive Friday for COVID-19.